0 days to Purdue Football: Jeffrey M’Ba

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Jeffrey M’Ba - Junior

France (Pionniers de Touraine) by way of Libreville, Gabon

Defensive End

6’6” - 315 lbs.

2023 Projection: Not a starter but the next best thing

International students are always a fun story: this young man from the capital of coastal west African nation Gabon (I won a geography bee in the seventh grade, no biggie) didn’t start playing American football until four years ago after having moved to France and joining a club team.

It’s hard for a lot of football teams to turn down kid who is 6’6” and 300+ pounds no matter how new to the sport they might be, and M’Ba soon found himself at legendary junior…